A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nines Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.6 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences127 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 6 4

Occurrences of nines in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
omin back, dressed up tae the nines, wae a pair ae white kid-glov on page 17

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
yer shouders, made up tae the nines. Ye carried yersel wae a conf on page 76

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
gaun on. Dressed fair tae the nines wi' a hat an' a stick. Then, on page 17

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
courie bookie done up tae the nines fur his dochter's weddin, and on page 44

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e Mr. Poe, dressed up tae the nines wi his wife staunin next tae on page 139

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Doris Day, dressed up tae the nines oan a rickety carriage singin on page xiv

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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
assies wurr tartit up tae the nines - well so they thought - wa
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fir tickets: dolled up te the nines an dreepin wi gold bungles an on page 59

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Elspeth wis dolled up te the nines - aa reed lipstick an nails on page 27

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
him an dressed him up till e nines an pat him back tae Pilate. A on page 119

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
toon quines decked up tae the nines, wi their hair tied up in rib
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TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
e ah ootriggit masel up tae e nines
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